The Emperor Demands the Lowlands

With the death of the Duke of our nation, the reforms that he passed which led to the close integration of the Lowlands with the rest of the our our nation have come back to haunt us. The our ruler has sent an envoy, demanding that the Lowlands be separated from the our nation of our nation and returned to their Princehood status within the Holy Roman Empire.\n\nHowever, our ruler is a cunning and wise our ruler, and has proposed to revoke the reforms of the previous ruler of our nation and introduce a Great Privilege. The Privilege would enforce that all cities in the Lowlands recognise our nation as their rightful our ruler but also remain loyal to the our ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. Our scheme could of course backfire and the our ruler could use this as a provocation for war, but there is also a chance that our ruler our ruler will be satisfied for now...